 Genius Lyrics
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Band of Horses – The Funeral
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An image of the original hand-written lyrics was posted by Band of Horses to their Instagram account March 22, 2016, with caption:
I’ll quit blowing yalls feeds up so much but
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Band of Horses – Lights
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[Verse 1] / Gettin' over the worst shit ever and timed it well / Private property, Friday night in August when it's hotter than hell / The kids, they were babbling just like his
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Band of Horses – Older
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“Older” was written by keyboardist Ryan Monroe, and vocals are shared between Monroe, lead vocalist Ben Bridwell, and guitarist Tyler Ramsey.
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Band of Horses – Feud
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[Verse 1] / Oh, oh where we get this hope / I can't tell the weakling is tough / You better get this call / Look at his face, I want to live on / And I've got to move far, at my
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Band of Horses – Casual Party
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“Casual Party” is the first single from Band of Horses' fifth studio album Why Are You OK. The song peaked at #4 on the adult alternative chart and also became their highest on
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Band of Horses – Detlef Schrempf
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The song takes its name from the German basketball star who played for both the University of Washington Huskies and Seattle Supersonics, thus making him a well known-figure in
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Band of Horses – Solemn Oath
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[Verse 1] / Maybe I should go back, I'm gonna think about that / A little bit more like I did before, miserable and mad / This one kicks like a mule, plays me for a fool, breaks
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Band of Horses – Crutch
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[Verse 1] / Not, not a long time ago when I knew all the answers / I couldn't pace myself or raise my standards / But one can hope, you need to know / [Verse 2] / And then that one
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Band of Horses – Warning Signs
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[Verse 1] / Small talk with a registered nurse / Not to cry in front of people at work / Well that's hard, hard, hard, at times you know / You get reminded of the earlier days
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Band of Horses – No One's Gonna Love You
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[Verse 1] / It's looking like a limb torn off / Or all together just taken apart / A-reelin' through an endless fall / We are the ever-living ghost of what once was / [Chorus
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Band of Horses – Infinite Arms
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“Infinite” is the slow-tempo, emotionally-filled title track written by band frontman Ben Bridwell.
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Band of Horses – Neighbor
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“Neighbor” was written by band frontman Ben Bridwell.
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Band of Horses – Blue Beard
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“Blue Beard” marks the first time frontman Ben Bridwell has been recorded playing drums since Carissa’s Wierd, the band he left in 2003.
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Band of Horses – The Great Salt Lake
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[Verse 1] / Back of the boat was painted "Wrecking Ball" / There was country music playing / But he don't like it at all / And red fire popping on the rained-down wood / There was
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Band of Horses – Weed Party
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[Intro] / Weed party / Yeehaw / [Verse 1] / I got you arrested because / Weed party come and gone / Gone / I am about to set this off / Till weed party's done / Is done / [Chorus
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Band of Horses – Knock Knock
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“Knock Knock,” written by frontman Ben Bridwell and bassist Bill Reynolds, was the first single released for Mirage Rock.
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Band of Horses – Part One
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To the bottom, dear, I had to fall / You really caught me / You really caught me, dear / At the bottom where I fall / And slowly, dear, ask would you dance with me / Here's the
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Band of Horses – Dilly
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The fourth single off of Infinite Arms, “Dilly” is sometimes described as a throwback to soft rock 70’s bands like America, and has a music video that initially debuted on the film
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Band of Horses – The First Song
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This is a song about feeling cold. When walking on the streets he describes the imagery of people going home from their work, in a snowy Christmas, wearing overcoats and using the
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Band of Horses – Coalinga
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[Verse 1] / The first of days, on our way / Towards the biggest stage of the western states / At the Thunderbird Lodge the creeping residue / Gives a strong salute, not the best
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Band of Horses – St. Augustine
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[Verse 1] / Silver sands of St. Augustine / Fire in the ground between my better teeth / We're dancing on the poison in their graves / At the end of the night, we'd all seen better
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Band of Horses – Whatever, Wherever
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[Verse 1] / What in the world would cause you to question that? / How did I come off? Would lead you to ask / [Pre-Chorus] / Can I help you along? / [Verse 2] / Sun in the room
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Band of Horses – For Annabelle
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“For Annabelle”* was written by frontman Ben Bridwell and guitarist Tyler Ramsey for Bridwell’s unborn child.
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Band of Horses – Is There a Ghost
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“Is There a Ghost,” written by frontman Ben Bridwell was the first single released from Cease to Begin.
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Band of Horses – Aftermath
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[Verse 1] / I brought you back / Lost myself and you in the aftermath / Then what's worse than that? / That was falling asleep dead in the bath / [Verse 2] / Then the morning
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Band of Horses (Ft. Jenn Champion, J Mascis & Sera Cahoone) – In a Drawer
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[Verse 1] / Sitting on a bearskin rug / Listening to grandpa talk / The whistle of an odd bird call / A photo of the long lost dog / [Verse 2] / Do you love me? Which one is it
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Band of Horses – Marry Song
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[Verse 1] / I'll marry my lover in a place to admire, I don't / Have to even ask her, I can look in her eyes and thank God / That I am forgiven, or thank all of my friends / To say
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Band of Horses – Wicked Gil
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[Verse 1] / I hate Gil really now / Hate you because / Go tippy toe / Shut off to the world / Shut off to all, you go / I barely told a lie / Now pray to be blind / And I'm gone
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Band of Horses – Tragedy of the Commons
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[Verse 1] / The tragedy of the commons / We've been God, now God wants to be us / Just lying like dogs laying in the sunshine / Feel the emptiness of creature comforts / I want
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Band of Horses – In Need of Repair
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[Verse 1] / Well, hey you, what’s the matter you? / Can't do all the things that we used to do, and it sucks, and it's bad / And who's a good boy, what's a killjoy? / Got some
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Band of Horses – You Are Nice to Me
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[Verse 1] / When I think of my life inching past, breezing by / Certain scenes, do not mention, 'cause my life / What I'm called, all I been told / How you'll get there, then you'
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Band of Horses – A Little Biblical
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[Verse 1] / Welcome to another world / Look at the water, look at whatever / We broke the last one apart / And put it back together, it didn't matter / It's a little biblical / A
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Band of Horses – Our Swords
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[Verse 1] / Out on the wall sounds of banging / Is constant coming from your head / And desperate the calls came and ringing / From those wanna wring your neck / Your neck / [Verse
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Band of Horses – Factory
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“Factory” was a fan favorite on Infinite Arms and was released by the band for free to promote the album.
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Band of Horses – The General Specific
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“The General Specific” is the lone song on Cease to Begin that includes new member, Ryan Monroe, as a writer.
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Band of Horses – Everything's Gonna Be Undone
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[Verse 1] / Started building up a fortune / Stashed away in a hidden place / We can hide if you want to / We can hide but then one day / [Chorus] / Everything's gonna be undone
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Band of Horses – Evening Kitchen
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“Evening Kitchen” was written by guitarist Tyler Ramsey, and vocals are shared between Ramsey, lead vocalist Ben Bridwell, and keyboardist Ryan Monroe.
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Band of Horses – The End's Not Near
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[Verse 1] / The end's not near, it's here / Hallelujah, spread the cheer / And watch the millenarians / Throw a party for a thousand years / [Verse 2] / You won't see the pious
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Band of Horses – Ode to LRC
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[Verse 1] / In the log book of the LRC / Well I knew I'd find something / A hundred stories sitting there to read / I got my focals out I put 'em on / [Pre-Chorus] / And all is
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Band of Horses – Laredo
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“Laredo” was named after Laredo, Texas, a city lying on the southern border and the Rio Grande, but frontman Ben Bridwell claimed he was looking out at a lake in Minnesota when
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Band of Horses – Savannah (Part One)
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To the bottom, dear, I had to fall / You really caught me / You really caught me, dear / At the bottom where I fall / And slowly, dear, ask would you dance with me / Here's the
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Band of Horses – Monsters
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[Verse 1] / A tree for all these problems / They can't find you for the moment / Then for all past efforts / They're buried deep beneath / Your heart and somewhere in your stomach
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